SSCP Cert Prep: 5 Cryptography

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Course Description

Overview

Prepare for the Systems Security Certified Practitioner certification (SSCP). Review the objectives from the Cryptography domain of the SSCP exam.

Syllabus

Introduction

Protecting data with cryptography

1. Encryption

Understanding encryption
Symmetric and asymmetric cryptography
Goals of cryptography
Codes and ciphers
Choosing encryption algorithms
The perfect encryption algorithm
The cryptographic lifecycle

2. Symmetric Cryptography

Data encryption standard
3DES
AES, Blowfish, and Twofish
RC4
Steganography

3. Asymmetric Cryptography

Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA)
PGP and GnuPG
Elliptic curve and quantum cryptography

4. Key Management

Cryptographic key security
Key exchange
Diffie-Hellman
Key escrow
Key stretching

5. Public Key Infrastructure

Trust models
PKI and digital certificates
Hash functions
Digital signatures
Create a digital certificate
Revoke a digital certificate
Certificate stapling
Certificate authorities
Certificate subjects
Certificate types
Certificate formats

6. Transport Encryption

TLS and SSL
IPsec
Securing common protocols
DKIM
Tor and perfect forward secrecy
Blockchain

7. Cryptanalytic Attacks

Brute-force attacks
Knowledge-based attacks
Limitations of encryption algorithms

Conclusion

Continuing your studies

Taught by

Mike Chapple

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